Case or satchel.



PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904 15. A. LAMPHIER.

CASE OR SATGHEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28. 1904.

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CASE 0R SATGHEL.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 28, 1904.

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O O O Patented August 16, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD ABNER LAMPHIER, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

CASE OR SATCHEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 767,898, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed March 28, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD ABNER LAM- PI-IIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented a new and novel Improvement in Cases or Satchels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cases or satchels in which adjustable pockets operate in conjunction with perforated plates or holders; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide adjustable pockets for the reception of tools or other articles; second, to alford facilities for the adjustment of the pockets independent of each other and in either a vertical or horizontal position in a case or satchel.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the case when open; Fig. 2, a view of the perforated plate or holder with pockets attached; Fig. 3, a view of a perforated plate with guides attached; Fig. 4, a view of the adjustable pocket; Fig. 5, a view showing case closed; and Fig. 6, a sectional view of Fig. 2, taken on the line A B. Fig. 7 shows an end view of the pocket 6.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The plate or holder (0, Figs. 1,2, and 6, is made of suitable material and of sufiicient size and form to correspond with the size of the case or satchel and to fit into the guides cl 0? d d, Fig. 1, and contains perforations or holes 0, equidistant apartv both horizontally and vertically, which allow the pockets to be adjusted in either a horizontal or vertical position,

as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 6.

The plate or holder (0, Figs. 1 and 3, is made of suitable material and of suflicient size and form to correspond with the end of the case or satchel and to fit into the guides ffff, Fig. 1, and contains perforations or holes 6, also a guide g for the reception of a plate or holder like the one shown in Fig. 2.

The pocket 6, Fig. 4L, is made in any suitable size,'of some pliable material, and has Serial No. 200,414. (No model.)

perforations or holes it and eyelets 2' along its sides the same size and distance apart vertically as the perforations or holes in the plate or holder at, Figs. 1, 2, and 6. The two rows of eyelets 2' allow the pocket to be adjusted to a larger or smaller size, as may be required. The strengthener Fig. 4, is made of some suitable metal, rectangular in form, having perforations or holes 1 the same size and distance apart vertically as the perforations or holes h and eyelets 2' in the pocket 6, Fig. 4:. The buttons or fasteners 70, Fig. 4, are made of two parts, of some suitable metal, cylindrical in form, having threads out in such manner that will allow the two parts to be fastened together as a whole and fit the perforations or holes in the pocket 6 and strengthener Fig. 4:.

By coiling the pocket'b, Figs. 4 and 7, and inserting the strengthener and the buttons or fasteners I; it may be fastened to the plate or holder in either a vertical or horizontal position, as shown at 6 b 5, Figs. 1, 2, and 6.

The case or satchel is securely bound by metal strips m m m, Fig. 1, while upon the ends of the sides and top the binding is so arranged as to form a groove 12, which securely holds the flaps 0 0 when closed, as shown in Fig. 5.

I am aware that prior to my invention cases or satchels with pockets have been made. I therefore do not claim such as my invention; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination in a case or satchel, of a perforated plate or holder held thereon, pockets, and means for adj ustably attaching the pockets to said plate or holder, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EDWARD ABNER LAMPI-IIER.

WVitnesses:

JOHN A. HURLBURT, CHARLES O. PAOKER. 

